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Pretty in White

August 19, 2007 by Tricia

I love balloon flowers. I had to stop for a moment to think just how many balloon flower plants I have growing in my front and back gardens and I believe that there are seven plants. Only two of them are white balloon flowers.

I think they are a cheerful little flower. They really do look like a balloon when they develop, and they when they finally open they are bright and cheery.

Have you tried growing balloon flowers?

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An ornamental seed head

August 15, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

I love growing clematis. I think I’ve got seven or eight different vines! Not only do most of them flower prolifically at least twice a year, but when the flowers die off they produce attractive seed heads too.

Obviously this photo above is of a clematis seed head. Isn’t it kind of cute? It’s a bit like a broom or a brush isn’t it?

Do you grow clematis in your garden or on your patio?

The Baronne

August 12, 2007 by Tricia

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I’m showing off my royal roses and flowers this Sunday. One of my sites has a prince and another a royal purple flower.

This rose is called Baronne Prevost and it’s an antique rose with a lovely damask rose scent. I love old roses with their quartered sections. This rose just looks full with many petals but when it first forms the petals are divided into four sections and it’s just lovely.

I think I can almost say that the Baronne is growing into a short tree as it’s holding at about eight feet tall and each year it’s main branches get thicker and thicker. That’s a tree or a large shrub, right?

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Showy Canna Tropicana

August 11, 2007 by Tricia

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What other tropical leafy plant has more rows in it’s colorful leaves than a Canna Tropicana? None that I can think of!

I love this plant. It’s foliage is so vibrant that it’s a pleasure to grow in the garden. You can brighten up a patio or an empty space in your garden bed with one of these lovely plants.

It’s flowers are just as showy. None of my cannas have begun to bloom yet this year. They are being very slow for some reason. I’m sure they’ll bloom soon though.

Fading Romance

August 8, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

This is a Romantica Rose – Yves Piget. I thought the petals beginning to wilt and dry up on top looked kind of cool. Obviously this rose is on it’s last legs but it’s still very pretty with it’s raspberry colored petal tips.

I don’t know why, but this kind of reminds me of a desert. What do you think?